Re: OT rant from hell (was: AirFX)

[rich <rich@nuvision.com>]

Thanks for the ass-kicking, Stephen.  I will take your 
recommendations into consideration.  You are correct in that good 
portion of the population here (me included, sometimes...) thinks 
that the whole world is like LA.  I will just post this response so i 
don't get too neurotically inclusive on ya.

>  > Thanks for your input, guys.  I hope you don't mind me opening up
>  > this can of worms...
>
>Perhaps you've been up for
>several days on something and just can't let it go.

what has this to do with anything?  are you suggesting my concern 
over a time-compressed, product and advertising saturated, technology 
hyped society is either brought on by taking drugs or by my current 
zip code?  thanks...

>What you mean "we", kemo sabe?  See what I mean?  Neurotic inclusion,
>sometimes for nothing more than a deep-seated need to validate one's own
>thoughts, has never been any kind of real validation, or proof.

ya know, if you and i didn't have any need whatsoever to validate 
one's own thoughts, we probably wouldn't be contributing to this list.

>This is a matter for therapy perhaps, another popular pastime in the LA
>region - and for a lot of good reasons.

yeah, i been thinking about that.  maybe i'll secretly tape my 
sessions, cut em up and loop em.

>Do you have a belief process of some kind?  Move out of your house, take 
>an
>acoustic guitar, and hit the road for a while.  Find America again, buddy 
>-
>hint, it's NOT in the LA area, which increasingly makes less and less of 
>the
>entertainment the rest of the world consumes.  And stop wanting to be
>another Dennis Miller, who, alas, became rather tiresome ALSO.

again, what are you saying?  jeez, that i'm just so over the edge, 
with nothing to hang onto?  just out of my head on drugs, soaking in 
the LA smog, and having some sort of crisis?  that i have no beliefs?

I'm 33, healthy, happily married to my lovely wife for going on 7 
years.  I find learning, guidance, and solace in Wicca.  I have  a 
pretty cool job where i work with fantastically talented people.  My 
wife is a talented dance choreographer who is struggling to find a 
tenured university position, so we are here for some duration.  I 
have an aging father in law who also needs attention and company. 
So, forgive me if i don't hitchike on a flatbed with my acoustic 
guitar to 'get away from it all' and find myself.  i'm right here.

Thanks for your thoughts...

rich